Abergavenny store set to open in former Woolies (From South Wales Argus)
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Abergavenny store set to open in former Woolies
1:20pm Friday 9th January 2009 in News
A DISCOUNT store looks set to open in the former Woolworths building in Abergavenny.
B & M Retail Limited, a Blackpool-based company, is understood to be opening a branch in the town centre.
The retail unit in the high street has been vacant since the closure of Woolworths on December 27 after more than 70 years in the town.
The bargain store, which sells products ranging from patio furniture to children’s toys, has made no secret of its plan to increase its stores throughout the UK from 48 to 100 over the next five years.
The company has posted an advert for vacancies on its job website seeking a deputy manager to be located in Abergavenny.
Local estate agent Gerry Young, of Miles, Young & Co, said that the interest from B&M would be good news for the town and said there is also interest in several vacant units in the town.
“The former Motorworld unit is under offer and there is also interest in the bakery Sweetman’s, both of which are located on Frogmore Street, as well as the Heli-beds building on Baker Street,” added Mr Young.
Speculation that Marks and Spencer was looking at the former Woolworths site had been mounting but the company this week announced 1,200 job losses across the UK.
A spokeswoman for the retailer, which has a food-only store in nearby Monmouth, confirmed that the company has no interest in leasing the Abergavenny building.
“We are not interested in the building and have no current plans to open a store in Abergavenny, “ she added.
No one from B & M Retail Ltd was available to comment as the Argus went to Press last night.
Comments(13)
dead man walkin
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1:27pm Fri 9 Jan 09
TonyTM
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2:03pm Fri 9 Jan 09
Evan.Wilgosh
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2:28pm Fri 9 Jan 09
TonyTM wrote:Have you not heard of supply and demand? This is what we all need in these tighter financial times, so these are the kind of shops continually being opened. If they weren't successful do you really think they'd carry on popping up everywhere?
Im assuming this is the same B&M based in newport near Pill, can't we just have decent retail and not cheap crap? and howcome theres only one decent Electronics store in most of Newport??
Mr Bump.
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2:43pm Fri 9 Jan 09
TonyTM wrote:I'll tell you why there are no electronics stores. It's because it's cheaper to get these items over the internet.
Im assuming this is the same B&M based in newport near Pill, can't we just have decent retail and not cheap crap? and howcome theres only one decent Electronics store in most of Newport??
diandai
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3:43pm Fri 9 Jan 09
Mr Bump. wrote:Three Cheers for you MR BUMP for once you have made a sensible remark and i completly agree with you.
TonyTM wrote: Im assuming this is the same B&M based in newport near Pill, can't we just have decent retail and not cheap crap? and howcome theres only one decent Electronics store in most of Newport??I'll tell you why there are no electronics stores. It's because it's cheaper to get these items over the internet.
labradoodle
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3:44pm Fri 9 Jan 09
mintex
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4:16pm Fri 9 Jan 09
Mr Bump.
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7:23pm Fri 9 Jan 09
labradoodle wrote:There are some good quality items in this store. I recently bought items in there that were three times the amount in Woolworths.
These stores sell cheap tat most of which doesnt work or breaks very quickly, usually sourced from china - taiwan, not a bit of help for uk manuafacturing.
labradoodle
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12:32am Sat 10 Jan 09
Mr Bump.
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8:54pm Sat 10 Jan 09
labradoodle wrote:No labradoodle, you are wrong. They are exactly the same items. I should no i have over 200 of them in my house.
And will last a third of the time.
jct
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6:09pm Sun 11 Jan 09
D.G.
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10:07am Thu 15 Jan 09
Bobevans
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12:15pm Fri 16 Jan 09
The high street retail market is shrinking and will continue to shrink so welcome to the woderful world of deralict high streets . Half of Newpot will be boarded up and shut down.
What they should be looking at is small high sTreets but with a better range of High Quality stores and not endless pound stores & charity shops
Smaller but better rather then bigger and tacky
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